Mindoro : the stepping stone /

Acebes, Rodolfo Meim

Mindoro : the stepping stone / Rodolfo Meim Acebes ; editors, Lucky Guillermo, Peter C. Parsons - [S.l.] : [AV Manila Creative Production Co.], c2016 - 228 pages : illustrations

"For MacArthur, Mindoro was a shortcut to Tokyo."

Mindoro -- Philippine Army : the build up -- Commonwealth -- Outbreak in the Pacific -- Sneak attack -- Escape -- Bataan falls -- March of death -- Camp O'Donnell -- POW release -- Mindoro occupied -- Barefoot fighters -- Martyrdom -- Ambuscades and abductions -- Guerrilla submarines -- Paluan Bay -- Dragnet falls -- Power struggle -- A promise kept -- Get Mindoro! -- Jap retreat -- Battle of Paluan -- Liberation -- Mopping up -- Last Japanese -- Of heroes and villains -- About the author

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World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Mindoro
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Filipino


Mindoro (Philippines: Province)--History

DS 688 .M25 / A34 2016

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